Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-12-22

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To show the bitter, vindictiye and prejudciSe,ed
spirit of the hostility shown by Editor cana
her. his was the only paper amongst the alse
number I'm this State and elsewhere that com
mented on the advent of the sentinel Whlch
cave it anything but kind and complimentary
words of welcome The Free Press stood soil
tarv and alone in its unprovoked attack upon
ms. aud il may perhaps glory over ITS neighoo5s
| I'm the nOtoriety it has attained m TINS resaru'
-Harpcrs Ferry SeI'ti'el.
The editor of the Sentinel does Us iulus-
tice. Upon first learning of the publication
of the Sentinel we wrote and published the
following:
Asa business enterprise we wish the sentinel
| success. and hope il will be a good local paper
and be influential in building up Harper fer.
I ~ As an out-and-Out Republican paper II
\ will be entitled 10 more respect than H. u haui
I as first contemplated. located IN ChariestoWh
and attempted 20 sail under false colOrs. one
/ paper OF the latter descriptiOn-the ". H.
\ is "a suficiency here. We are quite sure the u
.uaI journalistic amenities will be observed be-
tween MS and that we shall occasionally swap
\ "a pleasant remark OF two We.wlu now ana
l then remind the Sentinel. so as % keep u awake
/ ON its post. that John Browns first victim al
\ Harpers Ferry was an inOliensive, industrious
colored man.
Where in il is the touch of uuiriendlness
to saw nothing of bitter viudictiye
and preiudicej spirit of hostility %? We
were not yiudictiye. for we had no wrongs NJ
the hands ofthe >eatnerseditor to aveuge.-
Not prciudiced. for We did not know enough
of him TO afford ground for prejudice. If,
I'm our words of welcome TO the SHtiEe'
mixed with playful badinage with regard to
the difference in politics. ws displayed any
seeming bitterness, we felt none. Party
politics afford TO us no ground for bad feel
ing. and we are ON the best of terms with
most of our republican contemporaries. In
% business view we have had no occasion
for host ity or jealousy. We have not a
subscriber less. nor advertisement less-uor
are we frieul-le.s because of the Seatiaals
advent Nevertheless, will we try and keep
the >.at.,i awake on his post
rue Fnrs Pass with its chronic disregard
/ Oi iacts.-NtH'l9.
-Gauaher spent four years trying to perpet-
ulte Slavery and Degradation 90 millions says
rle .ihd
is the above merely pro temp0re disre-
+ gard of the interchangeable fact
,bat jhe South did not fight to prolong
slavery or the North 90 cxtinguish ia re-
course % falsehood where truth does not a.
vail for purposes Of discussion or is our
progressive" contemporary So absorbed in
/ the present as to wilully remain in den,e,t
. ieuoauceor the times of which be write, ?
Maybe tine >mn,re ~ disregard of facts "
was accidental
Ipopos 90 the NnfmrTs implication that
.he North fought for the abolition Of Slave
~ I'm the south, and that the SoIth made
war for its pcrpetua'ion, We makean extract
from Note. of the Hampton Roads Confer
cnce. twill be seen that Emancipation
was an aftertbought-a mere incident of
.he war. and it Is matter of history that
by esr'ag % fight the South could have Sc
cured a prolonged existence of slavery in
the southern States, or IN part, have been
remuncrated for the slaves But we only
quote enough for Cur pro.en, purpose:
" lie Mr. Liuco.u theu went into pro-
iougej course of remark, about the Proclama-
zion ot EmaucipatiOu Tie said that DO was
not his intention. iu She beginning, tO inter
Iere with slavery iu tlc State, That be never
would have done 10 20 Doe had not been COM